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    "id": 375097,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/375097/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gaichuihie",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 17,
        "legal_name": "Nelson Ributhi Gaichuhie",
        "slug": "nelson-gaichuhie"
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to first thank hon. Gakuya for coming up with this Motion. For us who have visited and at some point stayed in Dandora know that Dandora is a health hazard. It is a place we need to manage. Look at the way we carry our garbage. The trucks are open and they drop garbage all over in the process of transporting it. It is high time the Government came up with a policy on how to transport garbage. In other countries, before garbage is picked it is separated so that the bottles are separate from cans and other plastic items. They are then transported to the recycling plants. If we do not manage our waste, yet we generate it every moment--- Kenyans take waste to be something that should be thrown away instead of looking at ways of making use of that waste, say generate energy or make fertilizer. I would like to urge the Government and the county governments to come up with good policies now that waste management has been decentralized to the counties. We need to manage our waste in order to make our country beautiful. Currently we have a good Minister in charge of environment, Mr. Gakuo, who had tried to turn Nairobi City into a green city. We would urge him to go to Dandora, at the dumpsite, and ensure that garbage there is recycled. The youth in Dandora who work at the dumpsite die of either toxic waste or fights. There is violence at the dumpsite. You cannot visit Dandora during the day because of the people who stay at the dumpsite. I would like to urge the Government to make sure that all dumpsites are well taken care of. With those few remarks I beg to support."
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